Re: Remove fsync ON/OFF as a visible option?

On 03/21/2015 12:00 AM, Mark Kirkwood wrote:

>
> -1
>
> Personally I'm against hiding *any* settings. Choosing sensible defaults
> - yes! Hiding them - that reeks of secret squirrel nonsense and overpaid
> Oracle dbas that knew the undocumented settings for various
> capabilities. I think/hope that no open source project will try to
> emulate that meme!

I don't agree with this at all. On the one hand:

Postgres: So many settings people have no idea where to start (unless 
they have background)

vs

Postgres: Only the settings that are "needed" for 95% of installations.

JD


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